Old CroatiaOld Croatian wall with embedded column relief. Image size: 12 x 18 inches

Summer winds bring fog and lift support for a grey heron rising below the ruins of  Neu Falkenstein Castle in the Canton of Solothurn

Others visible in this image include Courthouse Butte and the area's iconic Cathedral Rock

Santa Elena Canyon of the Rio Grande River creates the line of distinction between Mexico and the United States from the perspective of Texas' Big Bend National Park

A small kingfisher awaits an opportunity in eastern Pennsylvania

The highest altitude on the Hawaiian island of Maui is historically called Haleakala and is over 10

Aspen boles support dainty blossoms to announce Springtime in the Rockies just west of the Continental Divide

Pelicans breeze along the Pacific coastline looking for fish or perhaps just to enjoy the setting sun

snow and light merge with rocky textures of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field to create a rhythmic breath of Argentine beauty

Minuteman National Historic Park

High altitudes in northern Arizona allow a wanderer to peer deep into the vast carving of the Colorado River at the place aptly named The Grand Canyon

The communal nests of the southern African songbird commonly called the social weaver are considered the grandest specimens of nest building of any bird

preserved in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways